Using 10.5 Upgrade Disk to start mac running 10.5.6

Hello
I wonder if any of you can help me?
I have just moved house and have lost the Installer disk which came with my 27" iMac.
I need to change the password on the Mac Admin (The iMac is running on 10.6.5) The only disk I can find is an old Mac OS X Leopard Upgrade DVD version 10.5. Can I boot off that to change the password?
Many Thanks

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